2020年重庆市黔江新华中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案

2020年重庆市黔江新华中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案
第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Returns & Refund Guarantee（保证；保证书）
The “Returns & Refund Guarantee” is a promise provided by sellers for every item they sell on DHgate. com. When you receive an item that was bought and paid for on our site, and you find it is not as described or isof low quality, you can contact the seller to resolve these problems. DHgate will offer additional assistance if the seller is not cooperative.
Scope（范围）
The following points should not be included in the “Returns & Refund Guarantee”：
▲The seller didn't make any promise.
▲The seller can provide evidence to prove the items are as described.
▲You didn't contact the seller within the promised time.
▲You have released the payment to the seller before asking DHgate for help.
Sellers are able to set up the following promises：
Returning items for any reason
Buyers can return items for a refund within a specific date which has been set up by sellers, such as 3 days, and 7 days from the day when the items are received. The items' receiving date is the date that is indicated on the shipping carrier's official website. Buyers should prepay any return shipping cost, which will be given back to the buyers after the seller receives the items as long as the items are returned in the same exact condition as when they were delivered.
Returns or Refunds accepted if the product has quality issues
Buyers can return the items for a refund when they are not as described or possess quality issues by communicating directly with the seller. The seller is responsible for the return shipping cost.
Buyers can get a refund and keep the items when the items are not as described or possess quality issues by negotiating directly with sellers.
1.Who can get additional assistance from DHgate in the guarantee?
A.The buyers in physical stores.
B.The buyers on DHgate. com.
C.The sellers on DHgate. com.
D.Both the buyers and the sellers.
2.Which situation is within the scope of the guarantee?
A.The seller didn't make any promise.
B.The buyer has paid the seller in advance.
C.The buyer asked for help within the promised time.
D.The seller proves that there is nothing wrong with the item.
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Not all the sellers make promises.
B.DHgate sometimes will pay the buyers.
C.Sellers should prepay return shipping cost.
D.The buyer can't keep the items after getting a refund.
B
For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that there is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of man. There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists—that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man. Thus man was defined as a rational(理性的) being, as a social animal, an animal that can make tools, or a symbol-making animal.
More recently, this traditional view has begun to be questioned. One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man. An examination of the history of humanity suggested that man in our time is so different from man in previous times that it seemed unrealistic to assume that men in every age have had in common something that can be called “human nature.” The historical approach was strengthened, particularly in the United States, by studies in the field of cultural anthropology (人类学). The study of primitive peoples has discovered such a diversity of customs, values, feelings, and thoughts that many anthropologists arrived at the concept that man is born as a blank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text. Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield(盾牌) behind which the most inhuman acts are committed. In the name of human nature, for example, Aristotle and most thinkers up to the eighteenth century defended slavery. Or in order to prove the rationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society, scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and selfishness as natural human characters. Popularly, one refers cynically（愤世嫉俗地）to “human nature” in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as
greed, murder, cheating and lying.
Another reason for disbelief about the concept of human nature probably lies in the influence of evolutionary thinking. Once man came to be seen as developing in the process of evolution, the idea of a substance which is contained in his essence seemed untenable. Yet I believe it is precisely from an evolutionary standpoint that we can expect new insight into the problem of the nature of man.
4. Most philosophers believed that human nature ________.
A. is the quality distinguishing man from other animals
B. consists of competitiveness and selfishness
C. is something partly innate and partly acquired
D. consists of rationality and undesirable behavior
5. The traditional view of “human nature” was strongly challenged by ________.
A. the emergence of the evolutionary theory
B. the historical approach to man
C. new insight into human behavior
D. the philosophical analysis of slavery
6. According to the passage, anthropologists believe that human beings ________.
A. have some characters in common
B. are born with diverse cultures
C. are born without a fixed nature
D. change their characters as they grow up
7. The author mentioned Aristotle, a great ancient thinker, in order to ________.
A. emphasize that he contributed a lot to defining the concept of “human nature”
B. show that the concept of “human nature” was used to justify social evils
C. prove that he had a profound influence on the concept of “human nature”
D. support the idea that some human characters are inherited.
C
We are in lack of enough sleep, according to Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post. And thishas great consequences on our health, our job performance, our relationships and our happiness. What is needed, she ly declares, is nothing short of a sleep revolution. Only by renewing our relationship with sleep can we take back control of our lives.
In her bestseller Thrive, Arianna wrote about our need to redefine success through wellbeing, wisdom, wonder, and giving. Her discussion of the importance of sleep as a gateway to this more fulfilling way of living struck such a powerful chord (弦) that she realized the mystery and transformative power of sleep called for a fuller investigation (调查).
The result is a scientifically sweeping and personal exploration of sleep from all angles, from the history of sleep, to the role of dreams in our lives, to the consequences of sleep deprivation (剥夺), and the new golden age of sleep science that is showing the vital role sleep plays in our every waking moment and every aspect of our health — from weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease to cancer and Alzheimer’s.
In The Sleep Revolution, Arianna shows how our cultural removal of sleep as time wasted damages our health and our decision-making and our work lives and shortens our personal lives. She explores all the latest science on what exactly is going on while we sleep and dream. She decides the dangerous sleeping pill industry, and all the ways of our addiction to technology disturb our sleep. She also offers a range of recommendations and tips from leading scientists on how we can get better and more restorative sleep.
In today’s fast-paced, always-connected and sleep-deprived world, our need for a good night’s sleep is more important than ever. The Sleep Revolution both sounds the alarm on our worldwide sleep crisis and provides a detailed road map to the great sleep awakening that can help transform our lives, our communities, and our world.
8. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. The importance of sleep.
B. The necessity of improving sleep.
C. The way to improve our sleep.
D. The effect of sleep on health.
9. What can be inferred about Arianna’s attitude to success?
A. She thinks good sleep is more important.
B. She doesn’t think much of becoming successful.
C. She thinks it wrong to sacrifice health to success.
D. She is concerned about the nature of success.
10. What can be said about Arianna’s investigation?
A. It is really of great value.
B. It is scientific and historical.
C. It costs Arianna’s sleep in practice.
D. It covers all necessary aspects scientifically,
11. What influence does TheSleep Revolution have on society?
A. It helps to slow down the pace of modern life.
B. It warns people against taking sleeping pills.
C. It warns the harm of inadequate sleep of people.
D. It helps to stress the value of sleep to success.
D
Identifying the chemical makeup of pigment (色素) used in ancient documents, paintings, and watercolor1 s is criticalto restoring and conserving the precious artworks. However, despite numerous efforts, scientists had been unable to determine the source of folium, a popular blue dye used to color1 manuscripts (手稿) in Europe during the middle ages — from the 5th to the 15th century. Now, a team of researchers fromPortugalhas finally uncovered the mysterious ingredient responsible for the gorgeous blueish-purple color1 that helped bring ancient illustrations and texts to life.
The research team began byporing overinstructions penned by European dye makers from the 12th, 14th, and 15th centuries. They found what they were seeking in a 15th-century text entitledThe Book on How to Make All the Color Paints for Illuminating Books. However, translating the instructions was no easy task. It was written in the now extinct Judaeo-Portuguese language, and though the source of the dye was traced back to a plant, no name was mentioned.
However, by piecing together suggestions from the text, the scientists were able to determine that the dye was made from the bluish-green berries of the chrozophora tinctoria plant. After an extensive search, the team found a few varieties of the plant growing along the roadside near the town ofMonsarazin southPortugal.
The detailed instructions gave the researchers critical clues — including the best time to pick the berries. “You need to squeeze the fruits, being careful not to break the seeds, and then to put them on linen (亚麻).” The scientist says the detail was important since broken seeds polluted the pigment, producing an inferior quality ink. The dyed linen, which was left to dry, was an efficient way to store and transport the pigment during ancient times. When needed, the artist would simply cut off a piece of the cloth and dip it with water to squeeze out the blue color1 .
Once the key ingredient had been identified, the researchers began to determine the dye’s molecular structure. To their surprise, they found that folium was not like any other known permanent blue dyes — it was an entirely new class of color1 , one they named chrozophoridin. “Chrozophoridin was used in ancient times to make a beautiful blue dye for painting.” the team wrote in the study. “Thus, we believe that this will not be our final word on this amazing plant and its story and that further discoveries will follow soon.”
12. The primary purpose of the study is to ________.
A. restore and conserve ancient precious artworks
B. determine the substance making up the folium
C. prove the ancient dye-making technique was organic
D. identify which class of color1 folium belongs to
13. The underlined phrase “poring over”in the second paragraph means ________.
A. discussing publicly
B. testing repeatedly
C. passing directly
D. reading carefully
14. What can be learned about the blue dye folium?
A. It was essentially an inferior type of ink.
B. It was the only kind made from wild berries.
C. It could be carried and used easily.
D. It was carefully squeezed from broken seeds.
15. The article is mainly about _________.
A. how the mystery ofa thousand-year-old blue dye was solved
B. why the researchers took the trouble to recreate the dye
C. what needs to be done to make an organic dye from a plant
D. when and where the discovery of the dye was made
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项One of the most excitingparts of moving to a new neighbourhood is the chance to find out what makes it so special. Here are some tips for getting started.
16. Walk around
If you want to know what your neighbourhood has to offer, go see it for yourself. Going for a walk is a great way to relax after moving to a new place.___17___
18. Meet your neighbours
The people who live around you are a big part of your community.___19___As for how to do it, follow the golden rule - a little friendliness goes a long way.
20. Shop locally
You can find a box store anywhere you move, but that little mom-and-pop(夫妻店) on the corner is something you’ll only find right where you live.___21___Local business bring local flavour(特色) to their environment, and the restaurants and shops that also call yourneighbourhood home can tell you a story about what’s important there and what brings people together.
22.___23___
Take a short cut to discovering the best of the best in your new neighbourhood by asking for suggestions from people who know. If your job is local, ask your co-workers where they recommend for, say, great live music or the best local dishes.
The day will come when your new neighbourhood no longer seems so new.___24___
A. Ask for suggestions
B. It is important to ask for advice from neighbours.
C. And it will allow you to see your neighbourhood better.
D. By then you will have got used to life in the community.
E. Shopping locally helps you find out what makes it special.
F. Shopping in a store avoid missing worthwhile information.
G. Meeting your neighbours is a good way to understand them.
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项If you asked me how I felt about running five years ago, I would have laughed at you .Coupled with my asthma (哮喘)and general lack of motivation, I considered running as one of my___21___enemies.
As a pre-teen, the days in gym class always___22___me when the teacher announced that we would be running the mile. I would___23___myself to the starting line, a little behind everyone else, and wait for the whistle to___24___. After the whistle blew, I started off in step with my classmates, but felt my___25___began to bum, and my legs felt like they’d___26___out any minute. My breath would hitch in my chest as I slowed to a walk,___27___looking up to see my classmates run past. I’d constantly___28___myself for walking. I felt like my lungs___29___me back. If I can’t even run a___30___, can I even do anything right?
Having those___31___, I decided it would be best to avoid running at all___32___. If I went to the gym, I took gym classes that___33___little to no running, such as yoga. My___34___to avoid running succeeded.
Years later, I impulsively (冲动地)decided to run a 5k. When I___35___the course, I felt the same pit in my stomach. But something___36___happened. Instead of allowing my thoughts to overtake me, I___37___putting one foot in front of the other, and I let myself get caught up in the___38___of my feet hitting the ground. Surprisingly enough, my lungs were able to find a beat with my feet, and I ended up running the entire race without___39___to walk.
In hindsight (事后看来),I realize that it was my___40___that got me through the race, I believe in running.
21. A. smallest B. worst C. least D. weakest
22. A. surprised B. satisfied C. frightened D. excited
23. A. control B. enjoy C. cast D. drag
24. A. blow B. sing C. listen D. perform
25. A. fingers B. ears C. face D. lungs
26. A. stand B. jump C. give D. walk
27. A. quickly B. shamefully C. happily D. eventually
28. A. tell B. order C. persuade D. scold
29. A. beat B. held C. insisted D. went
30. A. step B. trip C. mile D. kilometer
31. A. feelings B. emotions C. competitions D. experiences
32. A. costs B. means C. lines D. styles
33. A. connected B. involved C. explained D. linked
34. A. wishes B. dreams C. effects D. efforts
35. A. finished B. forced C. faced D. accepted
36. A. strange B. important C. impossible D. normal
37. A. went on B. focused on C. struck on D. checked on
38. A. rhythm B. tone C. style D. pattern
39. A. sticking B. thinking C. stopping D. applying
40. A. willpower B. right C. ability D. skill
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, useone word that best fits each blank.
Space exploration has always been the province of dreamers: The human imagination readily soars_____41._____human ingenuity struggles to follow. A Voyage to the Moon, often cited as the first science fiction story, was written by Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649.Cyrano was dead and buried for_____42._____good three centuries before the first manned rockets started to fly.
In 1961, when Kennedy declared thatAmerica_____43._____(send) a man to the moon by the decade's end,
those words, too, had a dreamlike quality. They resonated with optimism and ambition in much the same way as the most famous dream speech_____44._____, delivered by Martin Luther King two years later. By the end of the decade, both visions_____45._____(yield) concrete results and transformed American society. And yet in many ways the two dreams ended up_____46._____odds with each other. The fight for racial and economic equality is intensely pragmatic and immediate in its impact. The urge to explore space is just the opposite. It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims.
When the dust settled, the space dreamers lost out. There was no grand follow-up to the Apollo missions. The technologically compromised-space shuttle program has just come to an end, with no successor. The argument is that funds are tight, and_____47._____ we have more pressing problems here on Earth. Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury—_____48._____saving one-thousandth of a single year's budget would solve our problems.
But human ingenuity struggles on NASA is developing a series of robotic probes that will get the most bang from a buck. They will serve as modern Magellans, mapping out the solar "system for_____49._____explorers follow, whether man or machine. On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up attack on the space dream by making it a reality to the public. Private space-flight______50.______lie within reach of richcivilians in a few years. Another decade or two and it could go mainstream.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（▲），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Mr. Charles,
I’m written to express my thanks to you for inviting me to sing a Chinese song at Chinese Music Festival sponsor by your school. As for my singing perform, I have some ideas.
There are a number Chinese songs people from different countries love. The song namedMom in the Candlelightis my favorite. I like it because of its wonderfully theme and its accompaniment oferhu,which are one
of the famous Chinese instruments. I’d like to accompany myself onerhuin person, because I hope you can prepare the one for me.
I hope to meet you as sooner as possible. And I’m sure we will have funs during the festival.
Yours sincerely.
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Twenty years ago, Chase Poust was only 7. On Sunday morning just before the Memorial Day, he, his dad Steven, and his 4-year-old sister, Abigail, were out for a family boating trip on Florida's St. Johns River, which was trackless and almost nobody knew about it. And there's no rescue center nearby. Chase and Abigail were swimming at the back of the anchored boat while Steven was on deck (甲板) fishing.
It was a perfect outing- it was so peaceful and quiet and the color1 s of the deep blue sky, the light green river water and the mild late May sunshine mixed to create a magic scene. Everything was sound until a strong current emerged and loosened Abigail's grasp and she let go of the boat. Instantly realizing his sister would be swept away, Chase let go of the boat as well to try and reach her. At the same time, Chase screamed at his father desperately.
Without thinking twice, Steven jumped into the water and swam towards the two kids with all his efforts. But after realizing he couldn't keep up with both kids, he was faced with a heartbroken decision. He told them he loved them very much because he wasn't sure what's going to happen. Steven tried his best to stick with both of his children. He wore himself out. But his little daughter was washed away from him. Directing Chase to swim to shore for help Steven stayed behind, keeping as close as he could to Abigail as the life-vest that was keeping her above the waves floated further and further from his reach.
It was a tough go for the 7-year-old, but rather than attempting to swim all out, Chase wisely paced himself. Stopping to float or dog paddle when he was tired, he'd rest and then set off again. The current was going the opposite way of going to the boat and the shore, so it was very hard to swim that way for Chase.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

An hour later, Chase swam to the shore, anyhow.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________ Luckily, Steven and Abigail were found and rescued.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. B 9. D 10. D 11. C
12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. C 17. G 18. E 19. A 20. D
21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34. D 35.
C 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. A
41. where
42. a 43. would send
44. of all 45. had yielded
46. at 47. that
48. as if/as though
49. whatever
50. could/can/may/might
51.(1). written→writing (2). sponsor→sponsored (3). perform→performance (4). 在number后加of (5). wonderfully→wonderful (6). are→is (7). 在the后加most (8). because→so/and (9). sooner→soon (10). funs→fun
52.略。